Method of making boxes



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Patented Feb. 19, 1935 1,991,437 *y Y g METHOD or MAKING BOXES n Y Fred Windfuhn'lorth Bergen, N.y J.,`assignor to..v

Josephk Dixon'Crucible Company, Jersey City, u N. a corporation 'of New Jersey Y Y l. Originalapplication December 26,'-1933`,-Serial No.` r 703,925. Dividedrand this application July. 21, 11934, Serial No. 736,297 v f V6 claims'. l V(o1. lest-36) VThis invention relates to an improvement in methods of making'boxes, and more particularly to making boxes having an irregular'outlinaand vhas Vfor itsobject tdprovide aibcxoi. improved constructiomA composed of sheet ymaterial such as cardboard, fibre, thin Wood Vor the like, produced by the present novel. method-- A box made in 4'avc- Vcordance with the method of the invention possesses'strengthand sturdiness in excess of boxes constructed in the usual 'wayfrom sheet cardboard. `The invention also contemplates the makingof vboxesoi regular and irregular outline by which they may be'speedily, accuratelyy and Vneatly made-with aminimumottime and effort and without the use of, expensivetools fand dies.

The present application is adivision fofv my copending application, Serial No. 703,925; led December26, 1933. Y j f More specifically, the invention contemplates a box composed of anumber o-f apertured contiguous4 layers or larriinaeA adhesively united to Vbuild up a Inerc-:hand-ise-holdingv compartmentof reqv uisiteshape and depth, Vthe-apertured layers be ingclosed on` one face by an impcrforate bottom sheet. and either removably or permanently method of making the box is such that theV box may beA made in numerous shapes, sizes andstyles.

according to the larticles to be contained in it.

In the. accompanyingdrawings, wherein -sev- 'eral embodiments of boxes produced by the method ofthe invention are shovvn,Fig. 1 isa per-4 spective viewcf va piece of sheet material showing the-rstfstepin blanking out one of the'members which forms a lamina or layer of the body of the box; Fig. 2 is a perspective View of one of the box body layers after it has been fully stamped out from the sheet shown in Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a hinged box shown in open position; Fig. 4 is a sectional View on the line 41-4 vof Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows, the box being shown in a partly closed position; Fig. 5 is a sectional View on the line 5 5 of Fig. 6, looking in the direction ofthe arrows; Fig. r6 is a plan view, with parts broken, away, of a type of box provided with a sliding tray; Fig. 7 is a plan view of a box body intended for the reception of aA bottle or other irregularly shaped article; Fig. 8v is a sectional view on the line '8 8 ofFg. 7, 'looking in thedirection 0f the arrows, a cover being shown partly in place on the box; and Fig. 9 is a perspective view Vof a'modied structure wherein the box compartment is divided by partitions.

Referring to the structure shown in Figs. .l to 4 inclusive: AAt 10 is showrra sheet of cardboardor other like material which is fedi to suitable" dies that operate to'cutoutan aperture 11 ini' the sheet. Theedge 12 of theV aperture defines lthe vshape of the merchandise-'holding compartment oi the box. After the aperture 11 has been cut in the sheet 101, the latter is fedi to otherdies whichV have, cutting edges-conforming lin4 {sha-pel to a line dei-ined the edge-1310i the Vskeleton member'or layer 14r shown in Fig. 2, these 'dies acting to out armember of thelshapeshovvnu at 14 from the sheet 10.V A number of these members 14 are adhesivelyy united in superimposedrel'ationship so as to form a hollow laminatedblock; vproducing anirregularly outlined open-sided box body' of substantial thickness and strength. The number offlayers 14 used depends upon-the depth required' in the box body. In some cases, when a vbox of very shallow depth is desired, only one -of the members 14 is used. When abox body'o'f considerable depth ris required, the numberbfa'dhesively-united layer vmembers 14,1 usedA `increased accordingly.. l When' a box'bodyof` the required thickness,A such asshown at 15 in Fig. 3,has been builttup by adhesively uniting a" number of the layers 14',

abottom is supplied to thebox body byl adhesively j applying animperforate sheet 16 tov one facel of ther laminated box-body.Y Theisheet llconforms in outlinevr to. the member 14'Ilandis produced-by the dies which cut along Ythe line 13.

i The next step in theV methodof making. the `box v consistsv in forming ra' cover.. In the structure shown in Fig.: Y3", vvlfiich-iis ai hingedV box, the. cover V17 is constructed similarly to the body of the box.

That is to say, it is composed of a number of adhesively united layers r14 covered at one side by an imperforate sheet 18 conforming in shape to that forming the bottom 16 on. the box body. The body of the box and its cover 17 are hinged togetherby a sheet 19 which conforms in outline Vto two opposed blank members 14 and is integrally connected on the line 20y which constitutes a fold line and forms a hinge for the body of the box and its cover. The edges of the box and its cover maybe smoothed, colored or decorated in y `any suitable manner.

In Figs. 5 and 6 fs shown a box provided with I an'aperture 21 open at one end to permit the,

entry of` a sliding tray or drawer 22 Within the aperture.` The box shown is similar to that of Figs. y3 and li Aas far asV` its method` of manufacture is concerned. Its several contiguous, adhesively united layers or lamin 23 differ from the layers shown `at 14 Vonly'in the shape of the aperf ture 21 which is open at one end. Thetwo side faces of the block of adhesively united layers 23 are covered by closure sheets 24, conforming to those shown at 16 and 18 in Fig. 3. The box so formed is completely closed except for the open end ofthe recess 21 in which the tray is removably held.

In Figs. 'I and 8 a box body is shown formed of Y Fig. 3 or it may be removably secured to the box body in any other desired manner.-

In the structure of Fig; 9 a box body is shown composed of a number of layers 30adhesively united in the manner herein explained to form a box of required depth. The box body is provided with a number of spaced apertures 31, 32 and 33, having partitions Y34: located between them to divide the box body into several compartments. The cover 35 for the box is constructed similarly tothe body and is shown secured to the body by La hinge sheet 36 having the fold line 37 on which the cover is pivoted with respect tothe box body.

The structures shownV in the several views ofV the drawings are only a few of the many forms in which novel boxes of sturdy construction can be made `from sheet material, according to the improved method. It is obvious that boxes of many other novel forms and shapes can bemade according to this invention without departing from' uniting said layers over areas bounding the apertures, and adhesively applying a sheet of material ofthe same outline as the other klayers to one face of the box body to form a bottom therefor.

' 2. The method of making boxes consisting in cutting a number of apertured blanks from sheet material, arranging the blanks face to face in superimposed relation with their apertures in registration to form a hollow laminated box body and adhesively uniting said blanks over areas bounding the apertures, adhesively attaching an imperforate sheet conforming in outline to the blanks, to one face of the box body to form a closed bottom therefor, and attaching a cover of the same outline to the box body.

3. The method of making boxes consisting in cutting an aperture in a sheet of material, cutting around Vsaidgaperture at a distance therefrom to remove a skeleton-like blank from the sheet, adhesively uniting ar number of said blanks with their edges and apertures in alignment to form a laminated hollow box body, and closing at least one side of the. registered apertures extending through the box body.

4. The method of making boxes consisting in cutting an aperture in a sheet of material, cutting around said aperture at a distance therefrom to remove a'skeleton-like blank from the sheet, adhesively uniting a numberof said blanks with their apertures in alignment to form a laminated hollow box body, attaching a'sheet conforming in outline to the blanks to one face of the united blanks to close one end of the aligned apertures therein, and attaching a cover to the box body so formed.

5. The methodof making boxes consisting in arranging a plurality of apertured sheets of material face to face in superimposed relation to form a laminated box body adhesively uniting the sheetsv yover areas bounding the apertures, and adhesively securing :an imperforate sheet conforming in outline to the box body laminations over one face of the box body to close one end of the apertures in the laminations. f

6. The method of makingY boxes consisting in cutting anurnberv of apertured layers from sheet materia-l, arranging the layers in two piles and face to face in superimposed relation with the aperturesV in registration to form hollow box members, adhesively applying an imperforate sheet to one face Aof each box member to form a bottom for the apertures and adhesively applying a single perforated sheet'to the other faces of the two box members with the perforations in the sheet registering with the perforations in the l FRED WINDFUHR. 

